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THE GRIM REAPER.{ftrtaLI# DmIIii DdPln* th© Week in V*-rioui Pftfti «f tHfr CoTHiiyillaitBKiiT.—George W. Herbert, ono of the oidewi and best known olttKeim of Connell* vlil©, diod at ills residence on Main timl at an early hoar Wedowdiy morning. About eighteen months *\0 iiewiw glvleicon with mir»lysl», from tlio effects of which he never rceovervu. Shortly alter tie wui laheu 111 he wiw lalcen to lkrrll a, gufnereei county, in tbo hupo ttiui a ciirtQK-3 of Me no won 14 oeneflt hl» health. Tlie change: bad the affirol desired, but ul bla own-solicitation Wr. Heibsrt vai brought back to Councils ride, Mn norae, last summer. Although greatly Improved, the dreed disease bod obtained mien a hold ihaL recovery was Impossible, and with that ClirlHtlnu fortitude which ham always been one of hi* ehawuherlstlCH, he patiently awalt-5a the end. -Hla death was us bin Ills had qbu. calm and pcacciul, It was a titling cIuho to liiB long life 01 luciwlncaa. Through n.ialth!ui 4L* charge of all duties ho had enjoyed life to lta fullest uieusure, and the olmx was mFit wllh tno iwrnqnilhy that become* a life ripe 10 mellowness, Mr. Herbert wni born and raised la CoiiueiUviiie. He find saw light on the morning of August 2Mb, 1814, in* small stone house which stood on the alto now occupied by the tiugl isli Lutheran church. Ho learned the trade of cabinet maker wllh his father, Hiram Herbert, and he spent tiio active years ot his life at his oench. He lormed a purtne ralil p wl Lh MaLthew Beatob, and carried on acibltieu making ana nnderiaktug establishment lor many yearn. Mr, Herbert whs marrlod January JWlh, 1838, to Mrs. ttarah Long. They made their home at the la to residency of tno deceased. where Mr*-Herk311 died in 1877. 01 the eight children born to Mr, and Mrs, Herbert ull are Uvlughut two,llimirt Herbert and Urn. P. iCnox- Tho livingaro' Mrs. John P. i* rls* lwi«, Mn. A. W. Ilciou, Mrs. J, A. Armstrong and George B, Hciberr, all of UounellsvlHo. Kohort iierbei I, oi Algiers, Louisiana, and William Herbert, of Pittsburg. Mr. Herbert was acoiiBtKlent mombcr o! tiiu Unlteu Pvea-by ierlan church, and died I n that faith. The lunurul service were held at Uio residence of A. W. Uootl, ou Peach street.yesterday hftejs^, noon (it 2 o DtoeK, The raniultiB ^crM^'wOTm ^ q •''r.i- r. rov^^tr'CfirrflXery, ice vs. Glbsoi Tng.kdtl t *n«
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Connellsville Keystone Courier
Connellsville, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Mar 23, 1888
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